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Support. Preserve. Share. Ma Té Sai is a social enterprise on a mission to support communities in Laos, through partnerships with artisans – preserving cultural traditions by sharing with the world the beauty of their handcrafted products. Ma Té Sai was founded in Luang Prabang in 2010 with the knowledge of how income from craft production can improve rural families’ education and health. And along side the desire to distribute the tourist dollar further out to these ethnically diverse and culturally rich communities. Over a decade we have trained women to sew, and supported them with equipment in their homes. By connecting weavers, and sewers we can create unique and desirable homeware, fashion and gifts for the international market. We believe with modern communication village production is the way forward. We select and co-create beautiful gifts, textiles and homewares handmade by people from villages across Laos. Read more: 9:00 am - 6:00 pmMon9:00 am - 6:00 pmTue9:00 am - 6:00 pmWed9:00 am - 6:00 pmThu9:00 am - 6:00 pmFri9:00 am - 6:00 pmSat10:00 am - 6:00 pmSun10:00 am - 6:00 pm
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TaiBaan was started by PADETC, a Lao NGO, as a fair trade social business that works with traditional handicraft artisans to preserve and promote Lao village crafts, create employment opportunities for villagers – mostly women – and reduce poverty. TaiBaan was originally named Saoban. In 2020, Saoban was renamed TaiBaan to reflect rebranding needs of the company. TaiBaan means ‘village or a community of villages’ in the Lao language. TaiBaan supports more than 15 village crafts groups of many ethnic communities across 10 provinces of Laos. When you buy from TaiBaan Crafts, you provide employment and training for the artisans, and the profits stay in the village communities. Read more: 9:00 am - 8:00 pmMon9:00 am - 8:00 pmTue9:00 am - 8:00 pmWed9:00 am - 8:00 pmThu9:00 am - 8:00 pmFri9:00 am - 8:00 pmSat9:00 am - 8:00 pmSunClosed